That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.

Stosur then suffered two first-round defeats at the hands of Francesca Schiavone at the Apia International Sydney 2–6 4–6 and then by Romanian Sorana Cîrstea 6–7(2) 3–6 at the Australian Open. Both players even had match points against each other but lost the match in the end. At the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach Stosur was eliminated in the first round by no.

1 in doubles. Stosur has won a total of five Grand Slam titles to date; one in singles at the 2011 U.